August 4, 2022
…HPV causes approximately 36,000 new cases of cancer in men and women every year. “HPV is a silent infection as there are typically few symptoms when people are first exposed to the virus, but we are seeing that it can lead to a cancer diagnosis sometimes 10 to 20 years…
October 10, 2019
…are the voyages” of new centenarian and renowned astronomer Margaret Burbidge. Her mission to understand the stuff stars are made of has taken her boldly where no woman has gone before … The first female to serve as the director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The first female member of…
January 18, 2018
…public universities in the U.S., is committed to public service and inclusive excellence—two areas that align with the work of John Lewis. Inspired by the activism surrounding the Montgomery bus boycott and the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as a young boy he made a decision to become…
April 19, 2023
Khristiane “Frances” Reyes credits a trip to the Philippines and a multidisciplinary team at UC San Diego Health for saving his life.
August 27, 2020
…there are approximately 12,000 new cases of CTEPH in the United States each year. “Once I was diagnosed, I began researching the disease,” said Queri. “I ended up on the Pulmonary Hypertension Association website reading patient stories when I saw a face I thought looked super familiar, but couldn’t quite…
February 27, 2020
…chains—that works as a new kind of e-skin, significantly more sensitive than what has been achieved before. This figure shows: A. Schematic illustration of the capacitive pressure sensor. B. The pressure sensor attached to the wrist of a person. C. Real-time and in-situ capacitive signal of the artery wrist pulse…
August 18, 2022
…to share this exciting news with the community. Patient room within the Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit at Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla. Photo credit: UC San Diego Health. In 2018, UC San Diego Health led this effort by becoming the…
May 13, 2021
…Scholarship and Fellowship Challenge New gifts will be matched 1:2 to increase access for the next generation of changemakers All photos taken pre-pandemic. Photo credit: Erik Jepsen/University Communications. In the summer of 2020, Tyler Barbero had the chance to study how residents near the Salton Sea in east San Diego…
March 10, 2022
…sister. For the 2021-2022 U.S. News & World Report, UC San Diego Health ranked 23rd for Cardiology and Heart Surgery in the nation’s top 50 programs, out of more than 4,750 hospitals nationwide. The Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health offers comprehensive care for advanced heart failure, heart and…
August 20, 2020
…Nephrology at UC San Diego Health was also recently ranked 34 in the nation by the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report survey. Learn how you can become a living kidney donor.
